12 August 2014

BMI limits for the Swedish National Teams 2015

The National coaches for Sweden appreciated that Charlotte Durif wrote an open letter saying that IFSC needs to tackle anorexia in competition climbing. Currently, the only health control that IFSC undertakes with the athlete is that they should "be able to do five consecutive single-leg jumps with each leg... and also five push ups". Austria is the only country with a BMI regulation and this have unofficially been used in Sweden for several years. Starting from 2015, Sweden will also officially adapt the Austria's BMI limits in order to help parents, trainers, gym owners, coaches and athletes pin point a problem in competition climbing. It should be noted that in 2008, 8a discussed to have a BMI recommendation identical to what Austria had. This article was heavily criticised although it was just a recommendation in order to address the issue.
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